Terpe
7th January 2016, 05:50
The legislature in the mainly Catholic Philippines has axed the government’s budget for contraceptives, despite a law mandating that the state should provide them to the poor.
The health secretary, Janette Garin, confirmed on Wednesday that the department’s 2016 budget for contraceptives had been scrapped when it passed through congress.
“This will have a huge effect since a lot of mothers depend on what the department of health provides,” Garin said.
She said the department would seek private donors to provide funds for contraceptives........
Read more here..... (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/philippines-axes-contraceptive-budget-birth-control)
The health secretary, Janette Garin, confirmed on Wednesday that the department’s 2016 budget for contraceptives had been scrapped when it passed through congress.
“This will have a huge effect since a lot of mothers depend on what the department of health provides,” Garin said.
She said the department would seek private donors to provide funds for contraceptives........
Read more here..... (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/philippines-axes-contraceptive-budget-birth-control)